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UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE LIQUOR AND TOBACCO STAMP CERTIFICATES

UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE LIQUOR AND TOBACCO STAMP CERTIFICATES

These sheets include an attached stub and monthly coupons.  Condition is good on all ten certificates retaining nice color. All have punched cancels.  They were produced by the Bureau of Engraving… (236-1270). Learn More »

$50.00
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NICELY FRAMED ENGRAVING AND MAP OF KENNEBEC ARSENAL

NICELY FRAMED ENGRAVING AND MAP OF KENNEBEC ARSENAL

Presented here is a Civil War-era newspaper engraving of the buildings of the Kennebec Arsenal in Maine. This is matted and framed alongside a plot plan of all the buildings. A very fine pair of… (236-1089). Learn More »

RARE 1860 TARGET SHEET FOR “HOTCHKISS RIFLED CANNON AND PATENT PROJECTILE”

RARE 1860 TARGET SHEET FOR “HOTCHKISS RIFLED CANNON AND PATENT PROJECTILE”

Offered here is a very rare “target sheet” recorded from a test of a Hotchkiss cannon and patent projectile. This is a printed form on polished cotton paper with blank fields and results done in… (2025-1921). Learn More »

$225.00
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A NON-APPOMATTOX APPOMATTOX PAROLE AND OATH OF ALLEGIANCE: SERGEANT BENJAMIN H. WOODFORD, CO. E, 62nd VIRGINIA (MOUNTED) INFANTRY, WIA

A NON-APPOMATTOX APPOMATTOX PAROLE AND OATH OF ALLEGIANCE: SERGEANT BENJAMIN H. WOODFORD, CO. E, 62nd VIRGINIA (MOUNTED) INFANTRY, WIA

This comes from the collection of historian, scholar, and author Greg Coco, who pictured and discussed it in his 2006 Civil War Times article on Appomattox paroles. There he noted its slight… (1300-72). Learn More »

HANDWRITTEN APPOMATTOX PAROLE OF DAVID SECREST 42nd VIRGINIA

HANDWRITTEN APPOMATTOX PAROLE OF DAVID SECREST 42nd VIRGINIA

This Appomattox parole comes from the collection of historian and author Greg Coco, who illustrated it in his 2006 Civil War Times article on Appomattox paroles to illustrate a handwritten version… (1300-71). Learn More »

ANS CS GENERAL LEWIS A. ARMISTEAD AND COL. JAMES H. HODGES, 14TH VIRGINIA – BOTH DIED AT GETTYSBURG, MORTALLY WOUNDED DURING PICKETT’S CHARGE!

ANS CS GENERAL LEWIS A. ARMISTEAD AND COL. JAMES H. HODGES, 14TH VIRGINIA – BOTH DIED AT GETTYSBURG, MORTALLY WOUNDED DURING PICKETT’S CHARGE!

This August 1862 dated, 3 ¼” x 4 ½” paper, handwritten in ink, features the signatures of Armistead and Hodges, as well as that of Maj. Gen. R. H. Anderson. On the reverse is a small portion of… (2025-3326). Learn More »

SEPTEMBER 1779 “THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY” WITH REPORT ON THE PENOBSCOT EXPEDITION (CASTINE, MAINE)

SEPTEMBER 1779 “THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY” WITH REPORT ON THE PENOBSCOT EXPEDITION (CASTINE, MAINE)

This is an original edition of “The London Gazette Extraordinary”, dated Friday, September 24, 1779. The London Gazette Extraordinary was an irregularly published, special edition of the… (236-1234). Learn More »

$175.00
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FRAMED LINCOLN SIGNED COMMISSION FOR 1ST LT. WILLIAM H. CHAMBERLIN, 17th US INFANTRY – KILLED IN ACTION IN THE WHEATFIELD AT GETTYSBURG, JULY 2, 1863!

FRAMED LINCOLN SIGNED COMMISSION FOR 1ST LT. WILLIAM H. CHAMBERLIN, 17th US INFANTRY – KILLED IN ACTION IN THE WHEATFIELD AT GETTYSBURG, JULY 2, 1863!

Presented is an officer’s commission identified to William H. Chamberlin.  Chamberlin’s commission is a cream-colored vellum paper and bears the handwritten signatures in ink of President Abraham… (2025-3325). Learn More »

1862 FULL PAGE SKETCH OF PICKET SHELTER NEAR ARLINGTON HOUSE FROM 9TH MASSACHUSETTS BATTERY ARTIST RICHARD HOLLAND

1862 FULL PAGE SKETCH OF PICKET SHELTER NEAR ARLINGTON HOUSE FROM 9TH MASSACHUSETTS BATTERY ARTIST RICHARD HOLLAND

Page meas. approx. 9.75 x 6.50 inches and contains a single drawing of a lean-to in the woods. The view is looking toward the inside of the lean-to showing the interior branch supports and how it is… (205-185). Learn More »

$595.00
Originally $750.00

WAR DATED DS – GEORGE E. PICKETT AS COLONEL, AND COL. D.H. MAURY, A.A.G

WAR DATED DS – GEORGE E. PICKETT AS COLONEL, AND COL. D.H. MAURY, A.A.G

War dated document signed by Pickett. Ink on lined blue paper, overall measuring 7 ¾” x 4 ½”, folded so that note is on a 4” x 4 ½” section.  Dated Headquarters District Lower Rappahannock… (2025-3324). Learn More »

LOT OF 6 “THE LONDON GAZETTE” PAPERS (1713 - 1725)

LOT OF 6 “THE LONDON GAZETTE” PAPERS (1713 - 1725)

Included in this “lot” are: Issue Number 5132, June 23 to June 27, 1713. Six pages. Issue Number 5857, June 4 to June 7, 1720. Two pages, red tax stamp. Issue Number 5860, June 14 to June 18,… (236-1243). Learn More »

THE HANOVER SPECTATOR – JULY 10, 1863, THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, A GRAND VICTORY!

THE HANOVER SPECTATOR – JULY 10, 1863, THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, A GRAND VICTORY!

Here we have a seriously cool piece of local history that helps us more clearly understand what was really going on post-battle. These two pages contain reports on the Battle of Gettysburg.… (1202-1051). Learn More »

SCARCE VICKSBURG PAROLE: LT.  COL. T. A. BURGIN, COMMANDER OF THE 3rd MISSISSIPPI BATTALION, STATE TROOPS

SCARCE VICKSBURG PAROLE: LT. COL. T. A. BURGIN, COMMANDER OF THE 3rd MISSISSIPPI BATTALION, STATE TROOPS

This Vicksburg parole was given to Lt. Colonel Thomas Albertus Burgin, commander of one of the two units of Mississippi State Troops serving with Pemberton and captured at Vicksburg. They were among… (1300-59). Learn More »

APPOMATTOX PAROLE OF SAMUEL GIDEON MARSH, COMPANY B 3rd GEORGIA INFANTRY

APPOMATTOX PAROLE OF SAMUEL GIDEON MARSH, COMPANY B 3rd GEORGIA INFANTRY

A very good condition Appomattox parole from the collection of historian and author Greg Coco. This bears one of the three standard edge designs found on the these near the left edge and bears the… (1300-70). Learn More »

APPOMATTOX PAROLE AND OATH OF ALLEGIANCE OF JOHN ROBERT ZIMMERMAN, 17th VIRGINIA- “IN THIRTEEN BATTLES” – MANASSAS TO APPOMATTOX

APPOMATTOX PAROLE AND OATH OF ALLEGIANCE OF JOHN ROBERT ZIMMERMAN, 17th VIRGINIA- “IN THIRTEEN BATTLES” – MANASSAS TO APPOMATTOX

A great example of an Appomattox parole or “parole pass” from the collection of author and historian Greg Coco, along with the soldier’s June 1865 oath of allegiance. The parole bears one of… (1300-73). Learn More »

WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN (APOTHEOSIS) ALBUMEN IN OLD WOOD FRAME

WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN (APOTHEOSIS) ALBUMEN IN OLD WOOD FRAME

Following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in in 1865, American citizens mourned the loss of their great leader. Artists, such as portrait painter and etcher Stephen James Ferris, memorialized the… (2025-1905). Learn More »

APPOMATTOX PAROLE OF CORPORAL HENRY KOPMAN, LOUISIANA GUARD ARTILLERY, APRIL 1861 TO APRIL 1865

APPOMATTOX PAROLE OF CORPORAL HENRY KOPMAN, LOUISIANA GUARD ARTILLERY, APRIL 1861 TO APRIL 1865

This is a great Appomattox parole filled out for Corporal Henry Kopman of Green’s Battery in Stark’s Battalion of Artillery, a battery also known at the Louisiana Guard Artillery in which Kopman… (1300-69). Learn More »

SELECTION OF PATRIOTIC COVERS

SELECTION OF PATRIOTIC COVERS

Below is a list of a patriotic covers, each priced at $20.00.  Postally unused. All are in very good condition, as can be seen in the scans; click on the links to view the front and back of each… (1179-). Learn More »

EXCELLENT EARLY DIARY OF CORPORAL DANIEL SWEETLAND – 55th OHIO (EX-TEXAS MUSEUM COLLECTION)

EXCELLENT EARLY DIARY OF CORPORAL DANIEL SWEETLAND – 55th OHIO (EX-TEXAS MUSEUM COLLECTION)

Daniel Sweetland was something of a comparative rarity during the Civil War having enlisted at the ripe age of 40 years as a father of 6 children. He enlisted as a Corporal on 11/10/1861 and on that… (1268-236). Learn More »

IVORY HANDLED CANE ID’D TO GEORGE H. STUART, MARKED LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN

IVORY HANDLED CANE ID’D TO GEORGE H. STUART, MARKED LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN

Cane is made of wood which has been stained a dark brown color. Top of cane has a brass ring with ivory handle. Etched on one side of the handle is “GEORGE H. STUART, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN DECEMBER 21,… (344-1885). Learn More »

$550.00
Originally $750.00


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VERY RARE VIRGINIA OFFICER’S HAT INSIGNIA

This is a really great, and really rare piece of insignia, showing its age in the natural oxidation of the black velvet ground to soft brown and the embroidered bullion wreath and “VA” to a muted silver-gray, but with no moth holes, just a few… (1299-29). Learn More »

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